Chicken Cordon Bleu Fingers

Chicken Cordon Bleu is time consuming to make, so I turned it inside out and cooked it in an air fryer for a much quicker method to making one of my favorite chicken dinner recipes.

Prep Time15

Cook Time10

Course: Appetizer, Dinner

Cuisine: American, French

Keyword: Air Fryer, Chicken, Chicken Cordon Bleu

Servings: people

Calories: 879kcal

Author: Eating With Deb

Equipment

Air Fryer
Knife and cutting board
3 Medium to Large Bowls

Ingredients

2 each chicken breasts
24 slices mozzarella cheese
12 slices prosciutto

Flour Mixture

½ cup flour
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 pinch sea salt
1 pinch black pepper

Egg Wash

2 each eggs
2 tbsp water

Breading

1 ½ cup bread crumbs Italian seasoned
½ cup Parmesan cheese shredded

Instructions

Cut chicken breasts into strips, about 6 strips per breast.
Mix flour mixture.
Beat eggs and water.
Combine bread crumbs and cheese.
Put a slice of mozzarella cheese (break slices in ½ if they are too wide) on each side of the chicken strip and wrap with prosciutto. Set aside and finish the rest.
Dredge in flour mixture, eggs, and then bread crumbs. Set aside and finish the rest.
Spray bottom of air fryer basket with a non-aerosol cooking oil spray and place chicken strips in basket. Spray the top of the chicken strips.
Turn on air fryer to 360 degrees and cook for 5 minutes. Flip over, cook at 360 degrees for 5 minutes. Check temperature to see if the internal temp of the chicken has reached 165 degrees.
Serve with warm marinara as a dipping sauce.
Enjoy!

Notes

You may need a few more or fewer slices of mozzarella cheese or prosciutto depending on how you sliced your chicken. Just be sure to keep them separate so as to not cross-contaminate any leftovers with raw chicken. Better yet, if someone else is around, get a helper.

If the chicken slices are too long to wrap the prosciutto completely around it, cut them in half. It's important to seal the cheese under the prosciutto and breading to prevent cheese from seeping out during cooking.

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